Goldman’s New Lead Director is a YouTube Lover

Goldman Sachs’s new lead director is a You Tube star. Or, well, something of a regular at least.

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James Schiro in 2009

As CEO of Zurich Financial, James J. Schiro took to the public airwaves to tape several messages about his thoughts for employees and posterity, WSJ colleague Liz Rappaport writes today. His openness seems a contrast to the typical perception of a secretive Goldman Sachs.

“Hello I’m Jim Schiro, the CEO of Zurich Financial Services and welcome to YouTube,” Schiro beams from an auditorium full of empty seats, but apparently not so empty that he can avoid a circle of men talking behind him. “I am delighted to be able to use this, uh, technique of communicating with you, people of Zurich.”

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